Burkina Faso's military government gives France 30 days to completely withdraw its troops from the West African country
A woman holds her national flag and Russian flag as people demand departure of French ambassador and troops in capital Ouagadougou.
Burkina Faso's military government has told France it wants its troops stationed in the country to leave within a month, the state news agency"The Burkinabe government last Wednesday denounced the accord which has governed, since 2018, the presence of French armed forces on its territory," saidA source close to the government said the authorities had called for "the departure of French soldiers in a short time".
The decision is a sign of a further deterioration of relations between France and its former colony since a September 2022 military coup.Hundreds demonstrated against Paris in the capital Ouagadougou on Friday, chanting anti-France slogans and wielding placards calling on the French army to leave the country.
France has some 400 special forces based in the country to help local forces battle the militant insurgency that has spread across the Sahel from Mali over the past decade.French troops withdrew from Mali last year, after a 2020 coup in the former French colony saw its rulers inch closer to Russia.Rekindling ties with Russia has been on the agenda in Burkina since the coup.
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